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Melvin Watt: Let me conclude, then, by just expressing our sincere thanks to our colleagues on the Republican side and to all of the…

On the recordDecember 5, 2007
Let me conclude, then, by just expressing our sincere thanks to our colleagues on the Republican side and to all of the members of the staff for their work on this bill. We think it is a good bill. It is a bipartisan effort to increase transparency and information to Congress and to promote the expansion and preservation of minority financial institutions, all of which we think is good. I encourage my colleagues to support the bill.
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Melvin Watt
North Carolina

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Expressing support for a bipartisan bill aimed at increasing transparency and supporting minority financial institutions.

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